拍品 33
33
A pair of ebonized Armchairs, after a design by E. W. Godwin, curved flared latticed backs, downswept arms and circular seats, cruciform stretchers with block intersection, 1870s

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A pair of ebonized Armchairs, after a design by E. W. Godwin, curved flared latticed backs, downswept arms and circular seats, cruciform stretchers with block intersection, 1870s
97cm. high; 49cm. wide; 26cm. deep (2)

拍品專文

Godwin's design for the 'Jacobean' chair appeared in William Watt's Art Furniture catalogue of 1877. It was a form which was much copied by other manufacturers, leading to the patent of as number of Godwin's designs for Watt. The present chairs appear to show some differences of proportion and detail when compared with the sketch in Watt's catalogue